Opinion: Ed Miliband: The Least of Labour’s Worries

Editorial Page Writer Sohrab Ahmari on why Britain should be more concerned about pro-growth reform than their fumbling politicians. Photo credit: Getty Images.

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... Britain's Labour Party leader Ed Miliband may soon be out of a job ... is to fix the Labour party's woes at the aerator sober Mari joins me from London so on ... so is the problem and ... I he's a big part of the problem area that had Miliband is a very very awkward do that ... there's a story in a ... about is his inability to ... you know frankly Hecla capital even be it lead people are directed to personally ... of the most recent one was when he was in Manchester about to give a speech he walks by a ... street beggar ... and he at first he walks past and then realizes their press photographers around so he doubles back ... and puts a very small amount of change ... that's an addict estimated between two pans and seventy pence ... I'm a the woman says seventy pants ... others say they sought to pass but anyhow at any rate it doesn't make eye contact with this lady ... of say eighty to its really at the camera so it's just one example of this in in years one and it seems like when he just acts very strange it is it's not a natural politician now he's part of the circle is that but ... though our editorial argues that ... actually the party as larger problems they don't even have a message for how to fix Britain's economy ... go for years out of power saw Rob ... and not get a coherent message together and understand it ... and that's exactly right Mariam visits tendency in the British press that if the bid for for for us than aptitude ... to frame all this as it has just written ... personal issues and said Millan and really lends himself to that certain ... copy but with the bigger problem is that um ... you know the big proposal of labor at at their conference this year was that ... a mansion tax on ... on that was worth more than two million pounds and ... and frankly I mean this is it's it's that would snag a lot of of middle class homeowners who ... had been there one asset is there ... he is their home beyond that if you can do with them much and did did they offered ... I mean a bill that is before the eighty of re nationalizing ... that the railways which could be disastrous it's it's it's a party this not responsive ... to Britain today ... the Labor Party moves ... way it'll last like the Democrats have in this country and another in leaders now ... in the labor they can articulate that kind of pro growth message that you would probably support ... that there is there a few ... in labor leaders that day and I think are ... are are more up to supply side oriented ... aam ... but it as a whole the party a feature a a it's become what we called ... the new old favorite they're going back to the server ... aam Socialists aka the streets of the party and Ed Miliband has been at the forefront of that ... there are a couple the BBG Murphy who who who is is actually an MP from Scotland who ... was one of the leaders of the of the new campaign ... aam sand which we have to cut successful he's in he's ... seen as as a foreign policy hawk as a centrist on the economy ... ALM so they're the pits the in the party is not without ... you know pro growth centrist talent ... but you know right now never won ... a lot of people these publicly ... are still supporting the leadership of Ed Miliband ... that's a big problem for the party ... and as a whole video ideas and new ideas are being put forward note ... though they certainly aren't ... as our aerator sober Mari with the report from London thanks very much ... it's bad ...